Bouillabaisse or Close

Preparation info
  • Makes

    8

    main-course servings without shellfish, 10 to 12 with shellfish
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Soup: A Way of Life

By Barbara Kafka

Published 1998

  • About

Bouillabaisse is practically a religion from Marseilles all along the French coast of the Mediterranean to the Italian border. This is a version that is makeable away from those hallowed precincts. The bony and ugly fish such as chapon and rascasse that provide the binding gelatin are usually unavailable in the United States. To replace them, I suggest using a good fish stock. It is the vigorous boiling of the stock with the acid of the wine and the tomatoes that binds in the oil. Use a goo